The 44th Japan Academy Film Prizes ceremony was held in Tokyo on March 19, 2021. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train was selected for the Animation of the Year award. The movie is based on the popular manga by Koyoharu Gotouge, and directed by Haruo Sotozaki. Its box office revenue…
Good news for fans of the RPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel! It is getting a television anime that will premiere in 2022. Game developer Nihon Falcom made this announcement. The plot will focus on an original story, starring the western part of the Zemurian continent. The game had told the story of the protagonist Rean…
Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, has finally arrived in Fortnite. Both the Ant-Man skin and its accessories arrived at the Fortnite Battle Royale store on March 7. This includes the iconic Ant-Man costume, designed by scientist Hank Pym. As well as the Palillo pickaxe and Antonio, Ant-Man’s faithful steed, who will cover your back in the form of a backpacking…
The Rising of the Shield Hero has a second season coming soon! The ‘Kadokawa Light Novel Expo 2020’ revealed that it is going to release in October 2021. The title of the show will be The Rising of the Shield Hero 2. Crunchyroll will be streaming it upon release. The Rising of the Shield Hero 2…
Kouta Hirano’s Hellsing manga is getting a live-action film. The movie is the creation of Amazon Studios with John Wick’s screenwriter Derek Kolstad. The producers include Kolstad, Ranger 7 Films’ Mike Callaghan and Reuben Liber, and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik. “Ever since my brother introduced me to the Hellsing manga and anime…
The first Hollywood movie about Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters will be a hybrid of live-action and anime. It was announced that Jennifer Coyle and Leo Matsuda will be its co-directors. The film is a production by New Line Cinema of Warner Bros. Pictures Entertainment Group in the United States, and FlynnPicture, which is led…
The start date of the anime “The Way of the Househusband” has been decided on April 8, 2021. It is based on the original work by Kousuke Oono. In addition, a few cast members were announced in the latest trailer. “The Way of the Househusband” will air exclusively on Netflix worldwide. It is a comedy where a…
Popular Japanese-American Hikaru Utada is now responsible for the song “Pink Blood”, which will be the theme song of the upcoming anime “To Your Eternity”. The announcement was made on the official website for the anime. This is the first time Utada has worked on the theme song for a TV anime series. She is…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed all the 366 movies that are eligible for consideration at this year’s Oscars— here are a few anime movies on this list shown below: Earwig and the Witch— This is Studio Ghibli’s first 3D CG feature film. It was released on December 30, 2020. Synopsis:…
The official Twitter account of the “The Irregular at Magic High School” anime has announced that the “Reminiscence Arc” will receive an anime adaptation. Details on the format are not yet known: we don’t know if it will be a movie or a TV anime. But a title has been revealed: The Magic at Irregular High School: Reminiscence…
Netflix announced that the Terminator franchise is getting an anime series—in partnership with Production I.G. and Skydance. It would “approach Terminator in a way that breaks conventions, subverts expectations and has real guts.” Production I.G. is best known for the anime adaptations of Ghost in the Shell, Haikyu!!. They’re partnering with Matt Tomlin, who is…
Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi) is getting a stage production. It will premiere its stage production in Tokyo in 2022. This will be followed by a tour through Japan—Osaka (April 2022), Fukuoka (May 2022), Sapporo (June 2022), and Nagoya (June, July 2022). Toho’s Imperial Theatre is where it will be presented. This…
On Wednesday, Netflix U.S.A. announced that the first season of the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure anime and seasons 1 through 4 of Hunter x Hunter will be taken off the streaming giant on March 7, 2021. Both are very popular anime series that have a huge viewership, so it’s sad to see them depart from the…
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has already been through a long and turbulent development period. On Tuesday, it took another sour turn, when publisher Paradox Interactive announced that developer Hardsuit Labs has been fired. In a statement on Twitter, Paradox thanked the development team for their efforts. According to the publisher, Hardsuit Labs has done a great job of…
The second season of How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord has revealed its premiere date: April 8, 2021. This is the Japanese TV broadcasting date, but the show will hit major streaming platform Crunchyroll soon after. A new visual and a 15-second promo teaser have been released: The second season has been titled How NOT to…